Session #115 · 2017–19

Speech #CREC-2017-07-26-pt1-PgH6335_t65

Mexico is not going to pay for this wall. We know that the American taxpayer is going to pay for this, $1.6 billion for 74 miles out of the 1,954 miles that we have. That is $21.2 million per mile for this wall, compared to $1 million of technology we wanted to put, technology cameras, sensors, aerostats for border security. And, oh, by the way, so $1.6 billion; all I need is $100, buy myself a good ladder, and we will take care of that wall. So, again, we have got to be smart about border security. Number four, environmental concerns, we have concerns with regard to wildlife refuges. What about the 40 percent out of the 11 million people that we have here who did visa overstays? So you can put the biggest wall, but people are going to fly, are going to drive across the bridge, are going to get a boat into Houston and just stay over their time. What about a cap analysis so we know what are the real needs that we have?
Keywords matched
border security visa

Classification

Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Security threat Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
HENRY CUELLAR
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
—
Date
2017-07-26
Speech ID
CREC-2017-07-26-pt1-PgH6335_t65
Paragraph
#1
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